Stan Potolsky

Stan Potolsky (died 1984) was an employee of WellZyn who helped to create the "Viper" strength drug. In 1984 he eventually attempted to stop the company from using the pharmaceutical weapons by injecting Viper into random civilians, and when he was tracked down by police, he killed himself.

Biography
Stan Potolsky was born to a Jewish-American family in New York City and became a student at New York University, where he became the favorite student of philosophy professor Isaac Steiner. Potolsky was an exceptionally bright person, and he invented a chemical that let the brain suck up body calcium to give super-strength to human bones, making them superhuman. However, it would eventually drain all of the calcium in the body until the bones melted and the person died. He eventually left his company, WellZyn, and attempted to cut his ear off to show his anger at WellZyn's attempts to discredit him. Potolsky eventually plotted to inject New York City poor people with Viper to force WellZyn to stop their chemical program, as they invented a "Venom" new and improved version of "Viper". Potolsky succeeded in his rampage with aid from Steiner, but the NYPD killed Steiner and found out that Potolsky was going to target a meeting of WellZyn and Wayne Enterprises shareholders in a charity event in 1984. Potolsky nearly succeeded, but NYPD officer James Gordon shot the tanks that the gas was filtered through into the building from the roof. Potolsky was hit by the gas that left the container as it blew up, and he walked backwards to his death, falling off the building.